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Help choose my next tv show to watch (please see first post before vot (1 Viewer)
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EddieSpaghetti
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Im currently watching Orange Is The New Black...just got done with the first 9 episodes...waiting for the next couple discs to come in from Netflix.
I definitely reccomend this show based on the other shows you have watched and the type of genre you are looking for.
I definitely reccomend this show based on the other shows you have watched and the type of genre you are looking for.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
six feet under is great, as is Friday Night Lights.
Fans of Buffy and Angel I also recommend Veronica Mars. Wife and I dug it, and it is only 3 seasons.
I know you said completed, but there are a few good shows that are ending this year. by the time you get through what is out, the final seasons will be appoaching dvd: Sons of Anarchy, Mad Men, Boardwalk Empire, and True Blood (guilty pleasure). I would rank siz feet under overall #1, but would do the other 3 I just listed over any other in your poll.
Rome has been mentioned, and I loved Carnivale as well.
Fans of Buffy and Angel I also recommend Veronica Mars. Wife and I dug it, and it is only 3 seasons.
I know you said completed, but there are a few good shows that are ending this year. by the time you get through what is out, the final seasons will be appoaching dvd: Sons of Anarchy, Mad Men, Boardwalk Empire, and True Blood (guilty pleasure). I would rank siz feet under overall #1, but would do the other 3 I just listed over any other in your poll.
Rome has been mentioned, and I loved Carnivale as well.
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
I love Prison shows, even enjoyed Prison Break more than most so Orange is definitely on my list. Like Orphan Black, I just want it to get a little deeper in its run.
ConnSKINS26
Footballguy
I voted for Fringe, based on what you're looking for. Maybe one of the most arc-heavy shows I can remember, from shorter arcs to background main story arcs that last throughout the entire series.Fringe got more votes than I expected. I am going to look into Friday Night Lights as that seems to be a popular "other" choice.
Thanks to everyone for the suggestions and votes
Long Ball Larry
Footballguy
Based on what you've listed as having watched, did you try Mad Men and not like it? Or are you just waiting for it to be over?
I have never seen the shows in your poll, but based on the other shows you listed and TV criticism I read, I seems like 6FU would fit in with your tastes.
Also, not quite of the same caliber as your top 5, but Brotherhood would probably fit in with your tastes, and was fairly good.
I have never seen the shows in your poll, but based on the other shows you listed and TV criticism I read, I seems like 6FU would fit in with your tastes.
Also, not quite of the same caliber as your top 5, but Brotherhood would probably fit in with your tastes, and was fairly good.
Bruce Dickinson
Footballguy
Veronica Mars, especially seasons 1and 2, have the depth you're looking for; extraordinary passionate fan base that funded a Kickstarter campaign for a movie several years after the TV show ended
Friday Night Lights is very good, but be warned: Season 2 is TERRIBLE. And this isn't like how The Wire fans talk about Season 2 of their show. S2 of FNL shouldn't have aired.
Couple recs haven't seen yet in the thread...
The Shield - excellent cop drama and character study, show ran for a long time so there's a lot of content and was good to the finish
Homicide: Life On The Street - well-acted, well-written procedural, not as serialized as a lot of the other stuff mentioned in this thread, might be a little hard to find because of its age
If you're in the market for a non-laugh track comedy, gotta go with Malcolm In The Middle. Show had a long run and covered a lot of ground.
Friday Night Lights is very good, but be warned: Season 2 is TERRIBLE. And this isn't like how The Wire fans talk about Season 2 of their show. S2 of FNL shouldn't have aired.
Couple recs haven't seen yet in the thread...
The Shield - excellent cop drama and character study, show ran for a long time so there's a lot of content and was good to the finish
Homicide: Life On The Street - well-acted, well-written procedural, not as serialized as a lot of the other stuff mentioned in this thread, might be a little hard to find because of its age
If you're in the market for a non-laugh track comedy, gotta go with Malcolm In The Middle. Show had a long run and covered a lot of ground.
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
If you haven't seen it I'd love true detective to the top of the list. There will be another season but completely unrelated
In the same anthology vein American Horror Story, although I think it went way downhill after season 1
In the same anthology vein American Horror Story, although I think it went way downhill after season 1
Nick Vermeil
Footballguy
Homicide gets a vote from me. And I'll also throw out Justified. The final season is coming up in the spring so catch up and watch the finale along with the masses.
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
I loved the Shield. It was only bumped out of my top 5 by Breaking Bad but I listed it under shows that I loved.
Thanks for the warning on Season 2 of FNL.
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
Justified is another on my to watch list. I will likely devour this once it is complete.
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
I have not tried Mad Men. I am not a big fan of that time period but I do know people think the show is very high quality.
Not familiar with Brotherhood so I will read up on that.
Officer Pete Malloy
Footballguy
Two of these are not like the other.NewlyRetired said:
Officer Pete Malloy
Footballguy
"I have not tried Mad Men. I am not a big fan of that time period but I do know people think the show is very high quality."
If you like Buffy and Babylon do NOT watch Mad Men. You will be lost within 15 minutes.
If you like Buffy and Babylon do NOT watch Mad Men. You will be lost within 15 minutes.
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
It is just a personal preference. I did not say these were the 5 best shows ever made, just my personal 5 favorites. I am sure you could find plenty of people who did not like all of these 5 shows but that is not really the point of the thread obviously.
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skol asylum
Footballguy
Given your likes Fringe seems to be a no brainer. Never seen 6 Feet Under so I cant compare.
pollardsvision
Footballguy
The upcoming 6th season will be it's last, so the whole thing will be wrapped up around April 2015.
One of the best shows on TV at the moment, I think. It's not ambitious enough to ever really flirt with a Breaking Bad/Wire/Shield level of prestige drama, but as a well-done modern day Western, it's fantastic. Though, Season 2 of Justified was one of the best seasons of TV ever.
A worthy flagship for the network after The Shield I'd say (though I think Sons of Anarchy takes that title from a ratings perspective, but Justified is the better show).
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
GOT is a 100% must as I am a fantasy fan. Holding off has been hard but I think with Season 4 complete I might watch this in a burst soon.
I think I will like Boardwalk but I have heard varying opinions on the show.
I will most likely give Homeland a shot in the next couple of years.
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
Cjw_55106
Footballguy
pollardsvision
Footballguy
12-13 per season.
I don't imagine I'll ever watch the entirety of a 20-22 episode/season drama again once "Parenthood" ends.
Sebowski
Footballguy
Maybe, but I think it is still a good recommendations even with these perimeters. They shot it as a one-off season. It was so good that they are now going to do another one, but it is extremely loosely related seeing as it is a 20 year flashback featuring only two characters that we barely met in the "first season".Im an idiot.
Cliff Clavin
Footballguy
Another vote for this. The first few episodes are pretty terrible but it ends up being pretty decent.
Cliff Clavin
Footballguy
Why do you say that? I'd rank both B5 and Mad Men in my top 10. Haven't seen Buffy.
Apple Jack
Footballguy
Definitely SFU. In fact, you're safe just going through and watching all the HBO shows.
MikeIke
Footballguy
I really enjoyed this show as well.
I haven't seen it mentioned, so I'll throw in Being Human. There's a British version and an American one. It's about a vampire, a werewolf, and a ghost trying to live "normal" lives. American version just ended its run this season.
ETA: Merlin, another show that was on SyFy, was pretty good, too.
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El Floppo
Footballguy
andy- knowing your love of the sci-fi, I think you'll enjoy Fringe, kind of an X-files vibe to it. Torchwood is a lot of fun too, same kind of idea. But 6fU is far and away the best of these you've listed- great writing, acting and direction.
my favorite show of the last couple seasons has been The Returned (Les Revenants)- French supernatural thing. Only one season so far, so that works against you... but pretty great stuff.
Did you ever watch The Prisoner?
my favorite show of the last couple seasons has been The Returned (Les Revenants)- French supernatural thing. Only one season so far, so that works against you... but pretty great stuff.
Did you ever watch The Prisoner?
Cliff Clavin
Footballguy
Idiot Boxer
Footballguy
BBC's SHERLOCK.
Tony Jabroni
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NewlyRetired
Footballguy
I liked Entourage. I watched it all through. It falls in that nice niche of comedy's with out laugh tracks for me.zoonation said:
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
big time love this. This is one of the few items I watch as they come out instead of waiting for a build up. But I am also a Cumberbatch fanboy.
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
Did Torchwood get a proper ending? I got confused when reading about because it looks like the show either morphed or got a spin off or something and I never really followed up with it.
I never watched The Prisoner. Is that a BBC show?
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
I was only asking in case there was older related series. Interestingly I just watched the movie for the first time recently. Is the series related to the movie at all?Cjw_55106 said:Im an idiot.
El Floppo
Footballguy
The Prisoner was BBC, I think- but from the late 60s. One of my all-time favorites- might've been only one season... maybe two.
Torchwood had a follow-up miniseries that was ok. If the original didn't have a proper ending, it didn't bother me.
Leroy Hoard
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El Floppo
Footballguy
It's been 20+ years since I saw it- but I remember loving the ending. Could've been that I binge-watched/bong-hitted my way through it... maybe even in one sitting.
sports_fan
Footballguy
So what are you watching?
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
Still working through Dexter and a rewatch of Curb but I downloaded Friday Night Lights and Rome to go along with Six Feet Under which I already had. I will likely hit one of those three next.
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